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' To all ohom it may coficer'n:

, a citizen of the United States, Serial 7 No. seats).

- inch-namely, silicon means'.-

PATEN ()EFiQEQ HENRY- NOEL POTTER, or New RocHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORT0 GEO.- WESTINGHOUSE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA;

that I, HENRI? NOEL PorrER, United States, and a resident of NewRochelle,

Be it known which thefollowing is a'specification,

. In an application for Letters Patent of the g No; 238,925, filed Deecember 30, 1904, I have disclosed a new prodmonoxid and a method .ofproducing'the; same. The monoxid constituting the product mayappear andenerally does appear in the form of. an impa able powder of a softebrowncolor althou it sometimes appears in vitreousform, wliich may be reducedto a powder by suitable I. have found that silicoiimoiioirid'in a vefinely-divided state fdrnis .anexcellent basis for a paint and thatwhenmixed with lin seed-011 or other suitablevehicle it. is easilyspread, so as to form ap'aint ,either'with or I without the additionofcoloring-matter other oil, oil and turpentine, or

' 'ent surfacesuch as meta gives a glossy enamel-like wood, brick, &c.-the firstcoat acting as a 1 in color b monoxid the s good red than-themonoxid itself,

other usual vehicle true paint is. proin proper proportions a ducedwhich when lai d-u hlS gloss appears usually inthe second coat uponporous surfaces-such as freshly-planed er. The-monoxid paint may bemodified adding .colored pigments, the

gtilving thebody-and ade or color of the is produced. wit

igment'added.

intense black with ivory -black. The monoxid mayof course be with anysuitable coloring-'matteror combination of coloring materials to producea for white lead as a material to be used in cer-.' tain colored paints,and it is found that a V 'ven weight of the-monoxid in its owdered ioxid orm when coinbined with linseed-o will we a muchhigherviscositythan-the same weight of white lead, zinc-white, ochers, umbers,iron pigments graphite or commercial lamp black. This. introduces a:feature of great county of Westchester, State of New York, have inventedcertain. newanduseful Improvementsin Paints, of

When mixed with surface when slightly modi-' vermilion, a. beautifulgreen with cobalt-blue or ultrama rine, an

variety of a Jcoinbine with priate yehicler.

Specification of Letters Patent. 4 Application filed January 25,1906.

monoXi Patented Sept. .11 1906.

in connection with the use of silicon d as a paint ingredient, asidefrom the 5 5 peculiar translucent gloss or enamel-like quality siliconmonoxid is not attacked at ordinary temperatures which the dried oilwillstand gases containing sulfur compounds. It

noted above. Unlike white lead is-found that the paint constituted, asde scribed, adheres very firmly to-the materials towhich it"isaplplied,'so that, for example, .a

piece of tin or ot 4 paint of this description 'can be bent 1nto s a ethe paint. In fact,.it is metal back and forth'ti the paint filmunbroken. 'Such a film shows surprising elasticity.- Owin siliconmonoxid do'esnot 'sett turesas does white lead, and

er sheet metalcovered with I s ngles: without causing any peeling oflpossibleto bend the it breaks, leaving to its lightness, 7 cent of oilmix to a certain extent seems .to keep other solid ngredients insuspension, a fact of much paints sold ready mixed.

Thesilicon importance in t p monoiid produced as described in theapplication above'referred to is usu-' all purities materialdeleteriousmonoxi underst y associated with a small amount of imwhich do not appearto exercise any effect upon the use of the d as'a paint in edient,and-it will be ood that when speak of a paint comprising, among otherthings, the monoxid of silicon, I do notjvish to be understood asnecessarily occur -1n the(production ofsi its powdere ispecificationabove referred to. I claim as my inventioncombine 2. -'A combine combinei1 the form of a excludmgsuch im urities as may 5 icon. monoxld 1n formas fully disclosed in the aint comprising silicon -monoXid 99 with'asuitable vehicle. aint comprising silicon' with an appropriate oil.ain't comprising silicon fwitll linseed -oil.

monoxid monoxid v95 aint- -comprising silicon 3 monoxid' a'coloringagent and an approaint,,c'o'm rising silicon monoxid with a co oringagent and linseed paint comprising silicon monoidd powder combined witha suitable vehicle. p g

7. A painthaving a basis of silicon mo- .10

8. A paint comprising silicon monoxid I Signed at New York, in thecounty of New mixed with a, drying-oil and a drier. York and State ofNew York, this 24th day 9. A aint comprising silicon 'monoxid ofJanuary, A. D. 1905. mixed with pigment, drying-oil, and drier. HENRYNOEL POTTER. 5 10. Apaint comprising iglnentcontaining Witnesses:

silicon monoxid combined with il and drier WM. H. GAPEL, to forma'spreadable mass. i GEORGE H. 'STQGKBRIDGE.

